Global Sex is the first major work to take on the globalization of sexuality, examining the ways in which desire and pleasure—as well as ideas about gender, political power, and public health—are framed, shaped, or commodified by a global economy in which more and more cultures move into ever-closer contact.
Author(s): Dennis Altman
Edition: 1
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 230
Preface: Sex and Politics......Page 10
One: Introduction: Thinking about Sex and Politics......Page 14
Two: The Many Faces of Globalization......Page 23
Three: Sex and Political Economy......Page 47
Four: The (Re)Discovery of Sex......Page 65
Five: Imagining AIDS: And the New Surveillance......Page 81
Six: The Globalization of Sexual Identities......Page 99
Seven: The New Commercialization of Sex: From Forced Prostitution to Cybersex......Page 119
Eight: Sexual Politics and International Relations......Page 135
Nine: Squaring the Circle: The Battle for “Traditional” Morality......Page 151
Ten: Conclusion: A Global Sexual Politics?......Page 170
Acknowledgments......Page 178
Notes......Page 180
Index......Page 218
